From one Friend to another, a Verse Letter

Geraardsbergen Manuscript, Text 68 (fols. 131v-132v)

‘Here follows an exemplum sent by one honourable esquire, named Jan van Hulst, to Mr. Percheval vanden Noquerstocque, priest in Geraardsbergen.’

Brussels - KBR - 837-45, fol. 131v: Heading of the verse letter (by courtesy of the KBR Brussels)

Brussels – KBR – 837-45, fol. 131v: Heading of the verse letter (by courtesy of the KBR Brussels)

 

This letter (see image) may give some clues about the origins of the manuscript. It tells us two names, Jan van Hulst and Perceval vanden Nocquerstocque. The latter one being from Geraardsbergen, the same town as mentioned in Text 69.

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